SmartyPants Vitamins: Courtney Nichols Gould [encore]

Tulip Interfaces: Rony Kubat & Erik Mirandette

Digitizing the factory isn’t always easy. A former counter-intelligence officer and former reality TV star, both manufacturing nerds, hope to bring data tools, the Internet of Things, and Lean Manufacturing to every factory floor.

Wiivv: Shamil Hargovan and Chris Bellamy

Micki Krimmel: Superfit Hero

Roller derby inspires a body-positive athletic fashion brand that’s just hitting a tipping point. Though finding a factory that will take her business has gotten easier, the real challenges have just begun!

Tim O’Reilly: WTF [live]

Lidia Yan: NEXT Trucking

There’s a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers impacting manufacturing in America, and demand keeps growing. A serial entrepreneur tries to beat the odds with a portal that better matches carriers and shippers.

Julio Ruiz: LiquidSky Sports

Natasha Case & Freya Estreller: Coolhaus

Cult favorite ice cream brand Coolhaus started in a broken down postal truck at the Coachella music festival. Two founders explain how they’ve stayed true to their quirky past while scaling with manufacturing partners and keeping their marriage intact.

Felix Ejeckam: Akash Systems

Space! Diamonds! Startups! Cubesats could soon be streaming live video of anywhere on earth and beaming broadband data to the last three billion people around the globe. This innovator is using his revolutionary diamond composite material to bring this future to life.

Ashley Crowder: VNTANA

Cat Chen: Skylar Body

Customer trust and deep supplier relationships is the foundation for the Honest Company’s former head of operations as she launches a new venture-backed company pioneering all natural fragrances sold online.

Titan Gilroy: TITANS of CNC

Bruce Dobb & Tomás Durán – Concerned Capital

One of the biggest challenges facing LA’s vast manufacturing base is how to keep the companies alive after the owners retire. The founders of Concerned Capital has been helping businesses transition ownership to key employees.

Stephanie Alves: ABL Denim

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